Figuratively Speaking

• Number of females in the U.S. as of Oct. 1, 2010: 157.2 million;• Estimated number of mothers: 82.8 million;• Average number of children that women 40 to 44 had given birth to as of 2008: 1.9; in 1976: 3.1;• Median annual earnings of women 15 or older who worked year-round, full time, in 2009: $36,278; • Amount women earned for every $1 earned by men in 2009: 77 cents;• Number of women 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more education in 2009: 29.9 million;• Percentage of female citizens 18 and older who reported voting in the 2008 presidential election: 66;• Percent of female citizens reported being registered to vote: 73;• Percentage of females 16 or older who worked in management, professional and related occupations: 39;• Number of female police officers in 2009: 111,000;• Women firefighters: 9,700;• Physicians and surgeons: 294,000;• Active duty women in the military, as of Sept. 30, 2008: 197,000;• Proportion of members of the armed forces who were women, as of Sept. 30, 2008: 14;• Female military veterans in 2009: 1.5 million;• Married women 18 and older in 2010: 65.1 million; • Percentage of married couples in which the wife earned at least $5,000 more than the husband in 2010: 20.7; • Number of stay-at-home mothers (where spouse is in the labor force) nationwide in 2010: 5 million;• Number of women who participated in a National Collegiate Athletic Association sport in 2008 – 09: 182,503.